Horsehead
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Horsehead or horsehead can refer to:
- A pump to pump oil out of oilwells, also called nodding donkey, see pumpjackPumpjackA pumpjack is the overground drive for a reciprocating piston pump in an oil well....
. - An interstellar cloud of dust with the shape of a horse head, see Horsehead NebulaHorsehead NebulaThe Horsehead Nebula is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth...
. - In some coalminerCoalCoal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
s' jargonJargonJargon is terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, group, or event. The philosophe Condillac observed in 1782 that "Every science requires a special language because every science has its own ideas." As a rationalist member of the Enlightenment he...
, a horsehead is a type of steel girder used in supporting mine tunnel roofs. The reason for the name is not known. - Horsehead (band)Horsehead (band)-Golden Cow Collection :*EP*Label: Stubble*Single: Capital H-Onism :*Label: Mushroom Records*Singles: Strange; Ever; Shine-Goodbye Mothership :*Label: Stubble*Singles: She Fell To Earth; Century; Ramones-She fell to earth :...
, an Australian rock band - Horsehead Corporation, an American corporation producing zinc products